About the Mint

Goznak has added a 5-kilogram silver coin to the collection of “big money”

A scene of the Borodino battle is depicted against the mirror surface of the reverse. In the top near the edge there is an image of Smolensk Mother of God icon, in the bottom there is a shako above the crossed weapons, standards and military ammunition, below them there is an inscription along the edge – "ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННАЯ ВОЙНА 1812 ГОДА" (the Patriotic war of 1812).

The design authors are A.A. Brynza, an artist of the Design Center of Goznak, and S.V. Sutiagin, an artist of the Bank of Russia. The 5-kilogram coin issued by the Bank of Russia in the number of 50 pieces was struck at the Saint-Petersburg Mint.

It is the second coin of precious metal with the weight of 5 kilograms manufactured at the Saint-Petersburg Mint. The “150th Anniversary of the Bank of Russia” 5-kilogram coin of “proof-like” quality was struck of pure gold here in 2010.